Book of Worship (Rev. ed.) ‎#89

89. Deep in the dust before Thy throne

1 Deep in the dust before Thy throne,
Our guilt and our disgrace we own;
Great God! we own the unhappy name
Whence sprang our nature and our shame.

2 But whilst our spirits, filled with awe,
Behold the terrors of Thy law,
We sing the honors of Thy grace,
That sent to save our ruin'd race.

3 We sing Thine everlasting Son,
Who join'd our nature to His own;
The second Adam, from the dust
Raises the ruins of the first.

4 Where sin did reign, and death abound,
There have the sons of Adam found
Abounding life; there glorious grace
Reigns through the Lord our righteousness.

Text Information

• First Line: Deep in the dust before Thy throne
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1870
• Topic: Depravity; Gratitude: for the atonement; Heart: depraved; Law: broken; Man: Depravity of; Nature of Man, corrupt; Original Sin; Sin: Original; Sin: overcome by grace

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